As he entered the castle, he was confronted by a hall with a barely non-existent ceiling - only the walls still had traces of paintings, and unidentified plants crawled all over the corners and stretched endlessly.

When they all arrived, the sky tended to darken, even though the pillars of light cast on the hall were still clear—but...... There wasn't much time left for her.

Fitney's ears twitched slightly, and his eyes looked somewhere.

Sand......

"I'd like to go over there." Fitney heard footsteps behind him, turned his head to see Ed walking in, and said, "Why don't you go over there?" It will look faster this way. ”

Ed nodded.

He watched as Fitney walked up the stairs until she entered the hallway on the left.

Eddard didn't immediately walk towards the place Fitnair had said, but approached a wall, his hand slowly caressing the wall, where a line of words faintly appeared.

This castle is ......

"Ed!" At this moment, Eureka followed in their footsteps, and her steps seemed to be so hurried that there was a light layer of gray when she stepped on the ground.

Ed didn't move.

"There's arrows on the ground outside, it's new, it could be a bandit - if there's a building in the grassland, I'm afraid it might be used as a stronghold by the bandits," Eureka didn't stop at his inaction, and said straight, "Let Lornay be careful, there may be robbers here." ”

When ——!

However, as soon as Eureka finished speaking, before Ed could respond, a loud noise was heard from the hallway that Fitney had entered—Ed frowned and walked briskly in that direction.

Although Ed seemed to be graceful and not impatient, he was fast, disappearing into the corridor almost in the blink of an eye.

Eureka shouldn't have been surprised by Ed's speed—after all, he was the one who had always strengthened himself with his magical powers, and it was easy to achieve that speed. But when she saw his figure inadvertently, she couldn't help but be stunned, was it an illusion? Why did she just feel ...... Ed's figure is a little ...... Obscure?

This kind of blurring doesn't seem to be the effect of blessings......

Eddard didn't notice Eureka's anomaly, and he stepped into the hallway and looked straight ahead—out of the corner of his eye swept over the wall next to him.

At the end is a room with the door closed.

Ed unceremoniously kicked the door open.

Knock ——!

The fragile door fell to the floor, and Ed looked around the room—mostly empty, but with an oil painting on the wall—covered in a thick layer of dust.

Only ...... are left An oil painting?

Ed frowned, suddenly feeling something strange.

Why...... Will there be one oil painting left? If this castle is ...... So......

He walked forward.

Just as his hand was about to touch the oil painting, a dark shadow suddenly fell behind him——!

Knock ——!

Whoosh——!

Ed turned his head and stared coldly at the man dressed as a bandit—he had a visible scar on his hand, a long strip of flesh and blood—caused by the rebound of the mana that had protected him.

"He was hiding in the wall, and I followed him all the way - there were robbers here." Eureka walked in, bow in hand.

"Sir...... Don't kill me...... I just ......" the robber, though in unbearable pain, realized that the plea was necessary.

Ed glanced at him, "What about the girl who just came here?" ”

She ...... She was pulled next door. The robber's face was covered with sweat and he struggled to stand up, "I'll take you to ......"

"If you slow down, your life will not be guaranteed." Eureka's words made his slow movements quicker, and he stumbled forward.

Seeing this, Ed stopped looking at the robber, and walked outside with them, but ......

He glanced back at the painting before leaving the room.

It still makes people feel a little concerned......

Never mind...... This matter is obviously not important.

There is actually a room next to this hallway, but it is more hidden.

The robber pointed to the outline of the stone gate that had to be discerned by careful inspection.

Ed glanced at the place, but didn't speak.

He could actually feel it, but he didn't know why......

"How long have you been here?" Eureka called for him to open the door and asked in a deep voice.

"It's been a few months......" the robber's voice was weak.

"Where are you from?"

"It's in the royal domain, but the war has been ...... lately," said the robber, "and I'm here with the boss." ”

"Who is your leader?"

"It's the Myerson ......"

Ed had planned to walk directly past the robber, but what he said made his steps pause slightly.

"What's wrong?" Eureka sensed something.

Ed shook his head.

They entered the hidden room, only to find that it was a cloister - they could see what was happening downstairs.

"That woman just ......," the robber stopped talking.

But they don't have to think about it or ask specifically to find out what's going on.

For they saw the white-haired girl standing in the middle of the place below, with one foot on the fainted body of a robber - and the fallen robber around her.

What's going on......

Now it seems that Fitney is...... Did you completely solve these dozen robbers?

"Ah, here you are." Fitnair noticed them coming in, and looked up—and then saw the trembling robber following them, "He just wanted to run away. ”

Eureka realizes that the robber they have captured is a deserter, but when she encounters them, she thinks that everything is possible.

Is......

"The little girl who follows Wicker!" They all turned their heads to see a robber sitting in the corner with a wounded arm and shouted, "Do you remember me?!" I'm a friend of Wicker! ”

"Yes." Fitnair was silent for a moment, then a sword fell, unceremoniously severing off the arm of the robber he was stepping on—a sight that made the robber behind Ed and Eureka fall to the ground with a weak leg—and the sound made Eureka turn his head to look at him.

"Then you ......" Myerson looked much older than he had been in years, apparently a lack of ambition at work that had made him a robber - and he didn't seem to be able to find anything else to make money.

Fitney retracted his foot: "Are all of you here?" ”

"Yes...... It's ......" Myerson felt a little incredulous, and after a few years, the emaciated girl who was in the forest at the beginning, every move at this time carried a majesty that could not be ignored.

"Well, I remember that we still have an agreement, so we won't kill you for the time being." Fitney said.